Oxy Marks 14th Year As Top Fulbright Producer

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For the fourteenth consecutive year, Occidental College is one of the country's top producers of student Fulbright Awards, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual Fulbright rankings.

Nine Occidental seniors and alumni won Fulbrights in 2018 to work and study in nine countries on four continents. The nine are among 108 Occidental students and alumni who have won Fulbrights since 2003.

Occidental ranked tenth overall among liberal arts colleges, tied with Amherst and Swarthmore, according to the Chronicle rankings.

The Fulbright program, which covers travel, education and living expenses, is a program of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs established in 1946 under legislation introduced by Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide.

Founded in 1887, Occidental is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast. Since winning its first Rhodes Scholarship in 1907, the College has consistently won national and international recognition for academic achievement and its global orientation. Scores of Occidental alumni are currently serving in the Foreign Service, with international NGOs and as international entrepreneurs.